Monday evening

I drag myself away with a struggle from the pretty balls of wool on ebay. Fortunately none was pretty enough to be really tempting, so it isn't too much of a struggle.

One coworker has been hit by the lurgy. This is not a good time to have coworkers going down with the lurgy. Fingers crossed she is back with us soon. I do care about her as a person, really I do, but I also care about her workload.

Have been indulging myself playing Sword of the New World. Some new screenshots up here -- http://pics.livejournal.com/incandescens/gallery/0000dfrf?page=1 -- the ones up to "Three men fighting in a dungeon" are from the beta months ago, while the ones from "Heroes in quarters" are today's. It really is ridiculously pretty. I would like to have a game which is this pretty, though with more costume choice, and with the interesting quests/storylines of some of the other games out there. And set the whole thing in baroque steampunk Sigil while you're at it, Providence.

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Fog

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

-- Carl Sandburg

all is now clear

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